Therapy For Work Stress in Nashville

Work stress is a normal part of your professional life, but this time it feels bigger. Maybe you are overthinking what you said in a meeting. Maybe you are waking up in the middle of the night worried about how much work you must do tomorrow.

It feels like more than a tough couple of days at work. You need more than a vacation to cure this level of burnout. Career Anxiety is impacting every area of your life. Therapy for work stress focuses on how the combination of your career and personal life impact your mental health.

You have a high Stress job.

You have worked so hard to get to this place in your career. You show up every day wanting to be your best at work, but you are exhausted. You resent your staff because you are working harder than them.

Do you feel undervalued by your company? Do you wrestle with Imposter Syndrome because your job responsibilities continue to increase? You chose a high stress job, but now the stress feels like too much.

Do You have increased anxiety about going to work every day?

Are you feeling more restless or irritable at work? Are you having a hard time concentrating or your mind goes blank while you are trying to work? Overthinking and worrying are two other symptoms of increased career anxiety. Also, anxiety shows up in your body.

Anxiety in the Body Looks Like:

• sleep issues

• tightness in your muscles

• fatigue

• increasing heart rate

• changes in breathing

• gastrointestinal problems

Are you feeling burned out at work? ⁠

You want to do meaningful work, but right now it does not feel meaningful; it feels exhausting. Burnout leaves you feeling disconnected from why you took the job in the first place. Sometimes burnout leads to quitting your job.

Burnout can bleed over into other areas of your life. You may notice yourself trying to numb out by scrolling on your phone or binging a television.

Ways Professional Burnout Shows Up:

• Resentment ⁠

• Increased Thinking About Work Outside Of Work ⁠

• Carrying Stress In Your Body ⁠

• Loss of Productivity

• Sleep Changes

• Irritability

• Trouble Concentrating

• Increased Use of Substances to Numb

• Feeling Cynical or Hopeless

• Loss of Creativity⁠

Hi, my name is Jessica McCoy, and I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist that specializes in Work Stress and Burnout.

You may be feeling burned out, exhausted, and overwhelmed. I understand, and I’m here to help.

I help motivated women in high stress jobs stop over-functioning and drop perfectionism, exhaustion, and resentment.

If you’re ready to start feeling better, schedule a complimentary 15-minute phone consultation with me today.

My Approach To Healing From Stress at work and burnout.

First, we will look at the big picture of your professional and personal stressors. We will discuss how you are managing your stress. Through collaboration, we will fill your toolbox of coping skills. We will process your emotional experience and you will learn to name what you need. Mindfulness, self-compassion, and emotional focused therapy will guide your time in therapy. In addition to any of your goals for counseling, we will work to create a new experience at work.

Get Help From A Licensed Marriage And Family Therapist today.

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